New Year

Fireside conversations, bourbon on our breath
Laughter in the kitchen, children make a mess
From the front porch to the back yard and the tragedy in between
It’s a new year, it’s a new song, it’s the same mystery

We talk about your brother, stories left unheard
You share blood but you don’t share words
Same room on holidays, no apologies
It’s a new year, it’s a new song, it’s the same mystery

In the cool of October, we feel the sorrow of St Jude
Void between strangers, as the clock quickly moves
It’s a long way from paradise, a long way from Eden's tree
It’s a new year, it’s a new song, it’s the same mystery

Six months turns to six years, time is like a ghost
Lost in my mind again, and suddenly I’m alone
That loneliness it comes and goes, it speaks harsh words to me
It’s a new year, it’s a new song, it’s the same mystery

Walking through my neighborhood, when I have nothing left to say
Life and death, it never rests, I’ve still got bills to pay
On earth as it is in heaven, it don't make sense to me
It’s a new year, it’s a new song, it’s the same mystery